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IMO 1991 Problem 2

  • Day 1

Let n>6 n > 6\, be an integer and a1,a2,⋯ ,ak a_{1},a_{2},\cdots ,a_{k}\, be all the natural numbers less than nn and relatively prime to nn . If a2−a1=a3−a2=⋯=ak−ak−1>0,a_{2} - a_{1} = a_{3} - a_{2} = \cdots = a_{k} - a_{k - 1} > 0, prove that n n\, must be either a prime number or a power of 22 .

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Official text: IMO 1991 official English paper, page 1.

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